Camp by camp · Updated October 1, 2026
How 9 of the ten camps framed it, in their own words, then everyone on the record beneath that — March 29, 2026 to September 30, 2026. Each camp section is that camp's own outlets writing. The people below are grouped by who spoke, not by camp: an outlet can quote anyone, so the outlet it ran in tells you who carried the words, never whose politics they are.
"A de facto state of war now exists between Russia and the NATO imperialist powers," the WSWS wrote, treating Kyiv as the instrument of Berlin and Washington. It compared the moment to 1914 and cast German rearmament as a third march east. Counterfire's older piece reported Yabloko's exclusion and eleven of its members facing criminal cases.
World Socialist Web Site Sep 21 that day's brief ›
also cited Counterfire
The WSWS wrote that Democrats, "far from opposing Trump’s program of global war, support escalating it," naming Pelosi, Clyburn and Hoyer among the 58 yes votes. It cast the no votes as objections to tariffs, not to the war.
The escalation narrative is "concocted as part of a relentless propaganda campaign by the American and European ruling classes to justify the escalation of war between NATO and a nuclear-armed state," the far left wrote, and it is the only camp arguing the reporting itself is the operation. It walked through the drone found at Leipzig/Halle Airport on August 4 and argued the German government's attribution rests on "the claims of government officials and their media spokesmen."
"Twenty of them registered a toothless protest and then voted for the war." The far left was the only camp to count the amendment vote against the final vote and treat the gap as the story, arguing that thirty Democrats backed stripping the tariff power and only ten opposed the bill itself. It also read the sanctions as an adjunct to a longer project, writing that the war's purpose "is to prepare the conquest and dismemberment of Russia itself by the imperialist powers."
"Britain stands with Ukraine, shoulder to shoulder, and our support remains unwavering" is new UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham's pledge, which WSWS reads as proof Labour's leadership change altered nothing about London's commitment to the war. The piece tallies UK support at "£25 billion since the 2022 invasion."
Novara centered the vanishing frontline in drone warfare and the impossibility of civilian protection at this scale of aerial assault. Not sympathetic to Russia, but skeptical of the Western military-industrial response.
Novara Jul 3 that day's brief ›
also cited Novara Media
USA Today called the election "manufactured by the Kremlin" and built its story from exiles protesting at the New York consulate. NPR gave Kyiv's aim plainly: "Kyiv is aiming to make the Russian public feel the war’s consequences." MS NOW carried Zelensky saying a Trump meeting "could change a lot."
USA Today Sep 21 that day's brief ›
The Guardian described "the sweeping bill to give Donald Trump the power to raise tariffs on top buyers of Russian energy" and led on Jeffries' loophole warning.
The Guardian Sep 18 that day's brief ›
"giving President Donald Trump new authority to impose sanctions and tariffs against Russia and its trading partners" is MSNBC's lead, which put the tariff power ahead of the sanctions. The Guardian headlined Jeffries' "So many loopholes," while NPR and NBC led with the Graham tribute and Ukraine. USA Today centered the late senator's sister, now in his seat.
MSNBC Sep 17 that day's brief ›
also cited The GuardianNPRNBC NewsUSA Today
MSNBC wrote that Trump cast blame "not on the war with Iran, but on Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy," and reported diesel up about 55 percent since the war began Feb. 28. CBS paired the remarks with the Russian strike on a train near the Polish border and Kushner's comment that territory remains the main issue in talks.
MSNBC Sep 14 that day's brief ›
The six-month lull in American attention "has coincided with a Kremlin that looks increasingly emboldened," the mainstream left wrote, and this camp is the only one that reported what the war looks like away from the table: attacks on Black Sea shipping stoking fears of grain shortages, suspected Russian sabotage in Europe, and Kyiv's dwindling stock of Patriot interceptors before winter. The Guardian added the line the Kremlin gave the Americans, that Moscow is confident it can seize the rest of eastern Ukraine, and NBC gave a Republican senator the floor to say of Putin, "We're choking him to death."
NPR Sep 7 that day's brief ›
also cited MSNBCThe GuardianNBC NewsNBC News
"with US attention turned to its war with Iran, the conflict has intensified" is the mainstream left's read, and across five pieces this camp filed the Moscow visit as a search for a win rather than a breakthrough. CNN alone reported the warmth in the room, quoting Witkoff telling Putin "when we retire, we'll have all these incredible stories," and MS NOW is the only outlet that reported Ukrainian officials had lobbied for a Kyiv visit for months, pointing to the pair's Moscow trips as "a lopsided diplomatic effort that favors the Russians."
The Guardian was alone in printing Ron Wyden's specific objection at length: "Trump can pick and choose even more countries to tariff every 180 days, but there is no mechanism in this bill for Congress to roll back these tariffs."
CBS News Aug 8 that day's brief ›
also cited The Guardian
"sunny Netanyahu and Zelenskyy meetings" is Politico's frame, and the camp treats the funeral mainly as the occasion for two closed-press Oval Office sessions. Politico is also the only outlet that printed the backlash from Trump's own coalition, quoting a person close to the White House: "To me, this is like the ultimate betrayal of America First. These two visiting on the same day? Like, really?" NBC and CBS covered the ceremony itself as biography, with NBC noting Graham "did not lie in state or honor in the Capitol rotunda."
Politico Jul 29 that day's brief ›
5 more reads from this camp, in the daily briefs.
"This is easily the most significant step to take on Russia since President Trump returned to office," PBS's Lisa Desjardins reported, noting the bill could reach non-adversaries like India and the EU.
PBS NewsHour Sep 18 that day's brief ›
also cited PBS NewsHour
"the most ambitious effort to support Ukraine since Trump's return to the White House" is PBS's AP framing, which gave both Steny Hoyer's case for and Don Beyer's case against.
PBS NewsHour Sep 17 that day's brief ›
PBS printed Trump's demand and then added the context he omitted: "But the global crunch also came after the war on Iran curtailed oil shipments through the Strait of Hormuz." It is the only outlet that cited the IEA's figures on both Gulf and Russian export losses.
PBS NewsHour Sep 14 that day's brief ›
Russian ground forces "have made very slow advances for most of the conflict, incurring enormous casualties" is the wire tier's own correction, printed directly beneath the Kremlin's claim of "tangible advances in the combat zone." The BBC is the only camp that flagged the practical question nobody answered, that Ukrainian airspace has been closed since 2022 and "it is not clear how they will be travelling to Kyiv from Moscow."
BBC News Sep 6 that day's brief ›
Sen. Todd Young supplied the clearest statement of the theory on the Senate floor: "Russia has been condemned for years, but what it has not yet faced is a cost high enough to change its course."
PBS NewsHour Aug 8 that day's brief ›
also cited YouTube: Forbes Breaking News
"the main policy tribute to Graham" is how the wire tier describes the sanctions bill, folding a live foreign-policy fight into the day's ceremony. AP built its vote story out of what senators said Zelenskyy told them behind closed doors, including Sen. Jim Justice's account that Ukraine is "winning the war now." The wires also printed Blumenthal's memory of Graham calling the deal a "big effing deal" in their last conversation.
PBS NewsHour Jul 29 that day's brief ›
also cited PBS NewsHourPBS NewsHourAssociated Press
"the main policy tribute to Graham" is how AP describes the sanctions bill, folding Tuesday's vote into the funeral's ceremony rather than treating it as a live foreign-policy fight. The wire reports Trump "downplayed any impact of potential Russian assistance for Iran" even as it notes Zelenskyy's claim of a "clear correlation" between Russian imagery and Iranian strikes.
Straight wire framing: the Patriot license is a significant policy shift, Ukraine has been asking for it for months, and the strike numbers show a war that has intensified rather than eased. Trump's warm remarks with Zelenskyy are noted as a reversal from the February 2025 Oval Office blow-up, without editorializing about motive.
PBS News Hour / AP Jul 9 that day's brief ›
also cited PBS News Hour - PoliticsAssociated Press
1 more read from this camp, in the daily briefs.
"The Trump administration is intent on ending the Russia-Ukraine war," the institutional right wrote, and its account runs almost entirely on the envoys' own adjectives: substantive, important, encouraging. It is the shortest treatment in the set and the only one that does not mention the overnight strikes.
"the last remaining profound republican interventionist" is how Commentary's editor eulogized Graham, and this camp reads the funeral as a marker of what it has lost inside its own party. Matthew Continetti used the same episode to chart the reversal in the two guests' standing since 2025, arguing "Zelensky is actually on the rise" while the Trump-Netanyahu unity of February has cooled. The camp's grief is institutional rather than personal.
YouTube: The Commentary Magazine Podcast Jul 29 that day's brief ›
"If Trump really wanted the strikes to end, he would need to cut off such support," Antiwar.com wrote, naming US intelligence behind Ukraine's long-range drones. It is the only receipt to report a Russian drone killing a monk at a Kherson monastery.
Antiwar.com Sep 21 that day's brief ›
"In a fitting tribute to Graham, the bill would expand the powers of the presidency at the expense of the legislature," Reason wrote, arguing the undefined top-five lists invite protectionism.
Antiwar.com undercut the request by reporting that Ukraine's refinery strikes are "known to be supported by US intelligence," citing Financial Times reporting. It wrote that Trump appeared to be shifting blame for an energy crisis caused by his war with Iran.
Antiwar.com Sep 14 that day's brief ›
"There was also no sign of any breakthrough," the libertarian right wrote of both stops, and it is the only outlet that reported what Ukraine asked for rather than what it was offered: a winter package of air defense, energy support and substantial volumes of American LNG. It also reported Zelensky's warning, made before the visit, that Russian airspace would no longer be safe for civilian aircraft.
"killing an increasing number of Russian civilians" is Antiwar.com's gloss on the drone program Graham was photographed celebrating at on his 71st birthday, two days before he died. The outlet built its Graham story entirely out of the SkyFall factory footage Laura Loomer released, including the detail that a drone gifted to Graham will instead be deployed to the front. Dave Smith spent his episode on the documentary footage of Graham's reaction to the war's launch.
Antiwar.com Jul 29 that day's brief ›
also cited YouTube: Dave Smith
"The initial bill that Graham was pushing last year would have required 500% tariffs" is the detail Antiwar.com leads with, tracking how far the legislation has been watered down rather than covering the ceremony around it. The outlet also reports Ukraine's drone strikes inside Russia are "supported by US intelligence," casting Washington as an active party rather than a bystander.
Antiwar.com Jul 28 that day's brief ›
"Ukraine's long-range drone attacks rely on intelligence provided by the US." Antiwar reads the Patriot license and the endorsement of deep strikes as escalation dressed as thrift: Russia will now have a legitimate interest in targeting any Patriot factory on Ukrainian soil, and the Kremlin has said so out loud.
News From Antiwar.com Jul 10 that day's brief ›
also cited News From Antiwar.com
An effective proxy war between NATO and Russia. Antiwar frames the exchange symmetrically, 22 killed in Kyiv, an oil refinery burning in Omsk, and points to Kremlin spokesman Peskov's use of the word "war" (previously banned in Russian discourse). The frame: escalation is bilateral, and NATO is one of the belligerents.
Antiwar.com Jul 7 that day's brief ›
also cited News From Antiwar.comNews From Antiwar.com
1 more read from this camp, in the daily briefs.
Fox wrote that Trump "has a blunt message for Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy" and printed his claim that the shortage is not caused by the Middle East without challenge. OAN described Trump as having "instructed" Zelensky, and Breitbart ran the AP wire. All three populist outlets presented the demand as leadership.
Fox News Sep 14 that day's brief ›
also cited One America News NetworkBreitbart News
Fox printed the president's own pitch, that he sent "two great negotiators" and there may be a good chance of getting something done, and then printed the obstacle in its own voice: "Significant differences between Moscow and Kyiv remain, including over territory." It is the only camp on the right that stated the territorial impasse as a fact rather than a Ukrainian position.
Fox News Sep 7 that day's brief ›
The populist right led on the Kremlin envoy's welcome post and its dove emoji, which it glossed as "a universal symbol of hope and new beginnings traced back to the Bible story of Noah's Ark." It is the only camp that explained the diplomatic gap by pointing at Iran, writing that "Peace efforts in Ukraine stalled when the U.S. and Israel launched strikes on Iran in February." It printed no Russian territorial demands.
"Ukraine is fighting alone." The Daily Wire covered the strike with unusual sympathy for Ukraine and pointed to Trump's slow-walking of Patriot deliveries. This is a break from other MAGA outlets and reflects the ongoing MAGA split on Ukraine.
Daily Wire Jul 3 that day's brief ›
also cited The Daily Wire - Breaking News, Videos & Podcasts
The talks "do not appear to have produced a breakthrough, although the Kremlin and Russian media described the meeting positively," the paleoconservative right wrote, and it is the only camp that noted the White House had said nothing at all about the results. It also flagged the unusual sequencing, that CIA director John Ratcliffe made his own trip to Moscow last week.
"an indefatigable dealmaker who talked and laughed and badgered his colleagues into action" is CBN's summary of 30 years in Congress, and the evangelical broadcaster leads with the foreign guests rather than the casket. Its framing is continuity: Graham as a defender of Israel and Ukraine whose last trip was to Kyiv. It carried the livestream rather than an argument.
CBN News Jul 29 that day's brief ›
"The tightly controlled vote" is Al Jazeera's description, and it led on the numbers: United Russia's share, turnout of 56.66 percent, and an election official killed by a drone in occupied Kherson.
Al Jazeera Sep 21 that day's brief ›
Al Jazeera covered only the Russian strike, reporting the train was hit "shortly after Former UK PM Boris Johnson and other diplomats left the station." It ran nothing on Trump's diesel demand.
Al Jazeera Sep 14 that day's brief ›
The Arab press ran the meeting as a short newsfeed item, describing the visit as an attempt "to try to revive stalled negotiations to end the Russia-Ukraine conflict" with no assessment of the terms on either side.
Al Jazeera Sep 6 that day's brief ›
"This could finally bring Russia to the negotiating table and end this conflict between Russia and Ukraine" is Sen. Jim Risch's claim, and the Arab press was one of the few outlets to print the Russian Embassy's own response, which argued that "with an impending energy crisis and rising gas prices on the eve of the [US] midterm elections, sanctioning Russia and its trading partners… would be extremely counterproductive for the United States."
Al Jazeera Aug 8 that day's brief ›
also cited Al Jazeera
"attacking Washington's 'enemy number one'" is how former U.S. ambassador William Courtney characterized Ukraine's strike on the Iranian vessel, a framing Al Jazeera uses to argue Kyiv is currying favor with Washington rather than acting on its own war's logic. The outlet notes Ukraine is "unlikely to want to be too closely associated with the 'unpopular' US war on Iran."
Al Jazeera Jul 28 that day's brief ›
"Right after America's Independence Day and before the NATO Summit." Al Jazeera and CNN both foregrounded Zelensky's own read of the timing, "This is typical of Putin", and used the strikes as the frame for Wednesday's summit. Kyiv's central complaint was operational: 29 ballistic missiles fired, zero shot down, because of "insufficient supply of interceptor missiles."
Al Jazeera Jul 6 that day's brief ›
also cited Al Jazeera Breaking News, World News and Video from Al JazeeraCNN
"Fuel shortages" spreading. Al Jazeera flagged that Putin last week acknowledged a "not critical" fuel shortage and quantified the strike campaign's cumulative impact on Russia's refining base at $13.5 billion since August 2025 (Ukraine's number).
Al Jazeera Jul 4 that day's brief ›
also cited Al Jazeera Breaking News, World News and Video from Al Jazeera
Nothing on the record
One camp has published no framing we could verify on this issue. Absence is part of the record, so it is printed here rather than left out.
Tech / AIOpen Trump Sep 14
“This isn't done by the Middle East. This is done by what's happening with Russia and Ukraine.”
Open Trump Jul 9
“We're going to give a license to you to make Patriot missiles.”
Open Al Jazeera Jul 4
“On Saturday, Ukraine's General Staff claimed its strikes had disabled 42.74 percent of Russia's oil refining capacity as of early July, reporting eight refineries hit over the past month and more than 60 storage tanks destroyed or damaged.”
Grouped by who said it. The outlet named under each quote is who carried the words.
“counting on support for air defense and the energy sector, as well as substantial volumes of American LNG and the ability to use them”
on Ukraine's request for US air defense, energy support and LNG this winter
Sep 7 via Antiwar.com
“a dignified, reliable, and lasting peace”
Sep 7 via Washington Examiner
“part of efforts to reduce the Russian aggressor’s military capabilities.”
Aug 15 via The Free Press
“If Putin’s former press secretary was warning that he’s leading Russia toward national suicide, that person would be on every cable news network and front page. Zelensky’s former spokesperson @IuliiaMendel says the same about Ukraine. Her reception is a silencing at the European Parliament and being ignored by Western media. With one major exception:”
on Zelensky's ex-spokesperson Mendel being sidelined for warning of Ukraine's course
Sep 27 on @aaronjmate
“Zelensky imposed sanctions on his former spokesperson, Iuliia Mendel, a vocal critic of his government and of the Ukraine proxy war. Today the European Parliament barred Iuliia from a planned speaking event:”
Sep 17 on @aaronjmate
“To bail him out of having to accept a peace deal, Zelensky tries to summon the ghost of Lindsey Graham. Maybe he instead should recall what Graham boasted in July 2022, shortly after Zelensky walked away from the Istanbul peace talks: "As long as we help Ukraine with the weapons they need and economic support, they will fight to the last person."”
Sep 7 on @aaronjmate
“"It's amazing — we were told in four days that this would be over, this war, and now we're going into year five." @RepMcCaul on Ukraine and how the Lindsey O. Graham sanctions bill could pressure Russia before winter. "Winter is where the intense fighting really begins..."”
on Rep. McCaul discussing Ukraine's fifth war year and Russia sanctions
Sep 23 on @tperkins
““The taxpayer is not spending a dime... In fact, we'll probably get a lot of money in tariffs that will come in as a result of this bill." "It will put so much economic pressure not only on Putin, but on China.” @RepMcCaul on passage of Lindsey Graham Sanctioning Russia Act.”
on the Lindsey Graham Russia sanctions bill funded by tariff revenue
Sep 20 on @tperkins
“The Lindsey O. Graham Sanctioning Russia Act "would expand the Trump administration's authority to impose penalties on Russia and those supporting its war effort," reports @CaseyHarper33 . After clearing committee last night, the House is expected to vote on the bill this week.”
on the Graham Russia sanctions bill advancing toward a House vote
Sep 16 on @tperkins
“putin’s escalation in ukraine, as shown by air raid alert frequency/duration in kyiv”
Sep 30 on @ianbremmer
“putin’s (totally real) approval rating at 76% ahead of this weekend’s (totally fair) parliamentary elections.”
Sep 18 on @ianbremmer
“four years into putin’s war, russia’s economy suddenly getting crushed by ukrainian counterstrikes”
on Russia's economy weakening under Ukrainian counterstrikes in the war's fifth year
Sep 8 on @ianbremmer
“Russian state media going out of their way to spread blood libel and hatred against Jews… all while they lie and claim Ukraine is full of Nazis.”
Aug 4 on @LauraLoomer
“[T]hey’re going to deploy the drone to the frontlines so that it could be used to kill Russians,”
Jul 30 via Antiwar.com
“It was great meeting with Andrii Nebytov, Deputy Head of Ukraine's National Police and Head of Ukraine’s Criminal Police. Additionally, I visited the Ukrainian National Police’s K9 facility where they train police and service dogs. It was incredible, and as an animal lover, I enjoyed meeting these amazing dogs that are saving lives. Most Americans think of the Russia-Ukraine war as something happening on a front line hundreds of miles away from cities. That's wrong. Russia is also waging this war INSIDE Ukraine's cities every single day. They orchestrate sabotage operations, destabilization plots, recruitment of agents, arson attacks, and psychological operations designed to break Ukrainian society from within. This all connects to their well funded propaganda machine as they lie to the world about their crimes and try to paint Ukraine as the bad guys. Ukraine's police are fighting on the domestic front. That's why this conversation mattered. Ukraine’s National Police Officers are: Hunting down Russian saboteurs and hybrid warfare cells trying to destabilize the country from the inside. Collecting and preserving evidence of Russian war crimes to help build the cases to put these criminals on trial. Running toward danger to help save innocent people, even as Russia targets them with "double tap" strikes. Double taps are particularly evil. When Russia bombs an apartment building, rescuers, fire fighters and police officers rush to the site. So what does Russia do? They launch a second strike to kill first responders. It’s a war crime, and it happens all the time. Russia’s strategy is to murder Ukrainians who show up to save lives. There are real lessons here for America. Our adversaries are studying how to wage war *inside* a society, not just against its army. Ukraine's police are writing the playbook on how to defend their home front in a modern war. We'd be foolish not to learn from it. Our conversation was truly fascinating. Additionally, he informed me that anti-Semitism and Nazism is illegal in Ukraine. In other words, Ukraine is doing more to combat Jew hatred and Nazism than the United States. In Ukraine, if you’re a Nazi, you will be arrested and go to jail. In America, if you’re a Nazi, you will get a top podcast deal and might even get invited to meet with and be friends with powerful politicians. Sound familiar? Another Russian lie debunked in Ukraine.”
Jul 30 on @LauraLoomer
“If Donald Trump wants to break this law, he will be restrained by the courts, just as when he broke the law on tariffs previously,”
Sep 17 via Fox News
“This bill says to Vladimir Putin, ‘Your days of war are numbered,’”
Aug 9 via One America News
“deep ties Graham forged with Ukraine’s defense effort.”
Aug 9 via One America News
“Mr. Zelenskyy has to do one thing. He has to stop knocking out diesel fuel in Russia,”
on Trump pressing Zelenskyy to stop striking Russian diesel refineries
Sep 14 via PBS NewsHour
“Zelensky has to do one thing. He has to stop knocking out diesel fuel in Russia”
Sep 14 via Fox News
“Don't hit diesel fuel because that's hurting the world. We don't want him to hit diesel fuel. He's hitting diesel refineries.”
on Trump linking Ukraine's refinery strikes to global diesel prices
Sep 14 via Fox News
“He never had any illusions about who we were dealing with — with Vladimir Putin,”
Jul 19 via Fox News
“I believe that it would be a huge mistake for America not to cooperate with Ukraine in the field of drones. They are ready to help us because we were ready to support Ukraine in the hardest times,”
on US cooperation with Ukraine on drone technology
Jul 14 via Antiwar.com
“Enough of Russian aggression. It is time for them to pay a heavier price.”
on escalating consequences for Russian aggression in Ukraine
Jul 13 via News From Antiwar.com
“Moscow should not build echeloned air defense rings at the expense of other regions, but should end its brutal war and choose peace”
Sep 21 via USA Today
“Our warriors continue responding justly to Russian strikes on Ukraine,”
on Zelenskyy defending refinery strikes as fair response to Russian attacks
Sep 14 via MSNBC
“dignified post-war peace”
Sep 7 via NPR
“Putin attacked Ukraine. Putin has helped the Iranians in the war against the US. Putin continues to threaten our NATO allies. This is irresponsible.”
Sep 24 on @NikkiHaley
“A Russian drone struck a Ukrainian train station only a mile from the border of Poland. It just missed both European and American officials. This isn't Putin being reckless. He is seeing how far he can go before anyone pushes back.”
Sep 16 on @NikkiHaley
“Russia has made the world more dangerous for America and our allies. Lindsey understood that and his determination to weaken Putin never wavered. Today’s Senate vote holds Russia and its war enablers, including Iran, accountable. It’s a win for our national security and a testament to his legacy.”
Aug 8 on @NikkiHaley
“Economic issues and potentially large, mutually beneficial joint projects for Russia and America were discussed in considerable detail”
Sep 7 via Fox News
“note was made of the Russian army's tangible advances in the combat zone”
Sep 6 via BBC News
“Russia had told the US envoys that Moscow was “confident” it could achieve its military goals of seizing the rest of eastern Ukraine”
on Russia's territorial demands during US envoys' talks with Putin
Sep 6 via The Guardian
“He goes, 'I'm really interested.' I stood up and I said, 'this is why,' and I listed those objectives that I did not see being achieved, and how the kind of endpoint of the war kept stretching out longer and longer,”
on Cassidy recounting objections he raised to Trump and Witkoff about the war's endpoint
Jun 26 via Politics - CBSNews.com
“Now we have to trust but verify, but as they laid it out, they have a plausible plan by which to achieve those, and that's what I was interested in,”
on Cassidy saying he now trusts the administration's plan to end the war
Jun 26 via Politics - CBSNews.com
“But when Donald Trump hits our allies with new tariffs and waives sanctions on Russia, the propaganda victory for Putin will be lasting — and the damage will be embedded in U.S. law.”
on the sanctions bill's tariffs and waivers handing Putin a propaganda win
Sep 17 via MSNBC
“when Donald Trump hits our allies with new tariffs and waives sanctions on Russia, the propaganda victory for Putin will be lasting, and the damage will be embedded in U.S. law.”
Sep 17 via PBS NewsHour
“Let’s join together in prayer for an end to the war between Russia and Ukraine. This conflict has been going on for more than four years, with estimates of over 2 million deaths and injuries—that’s longer than World War I and than U.S. involvement in WWII. This week, President”
Sep 25 on @Franklin_Graham
“Thank you President @realDonaldTrump for bringing former Marine Robert Gilman home from Russia. This is an answer to many people’s prayers!”
on former Marine Robert Gilman being brought home from Russia by the Trump administration
Aug 14 on @Franklin_Graham
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